January 22, 2009.

On Kiyoshi Sakamoto's 18th birthday, Kiyoshi Sakamoto received a birthday gift that made him very satisfied.

His TOP investment company used 4% of the 8% of Sony's shares to exchange for 10% of Sony's music business group, Sony Music Entertainment (SME), and Japan's Sony Music Group (SMEJ) through replacement, so that Kiyoshi Sakamoto, chairman of TOP Investment, became the major shareholder of SME and SMEJ!

However, becoming a shareholder is not the ultimate goal of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "Sony Plan".

His goal is to become a director of SMEJ!

Speaking of which, it is necessary to mention the internal organizational structure of a Japanese limited liability company.

In Japan, a company limited by shares is called a company.

"Co., Ltd." is equal to "shares", and a company is "company"

The organizational structure of the Co., Ltd. is simply that a group of "owners" contribute to the formation of a "Co., Ltd.", and then the "director" is elected to make decisions, and the "president" is appointed to carry out the decisions.

The purpose of the establishment of "Co., Ltd." is to bring as much profit as possible to the "owner".

The "owner" is the investor, which is commonly known as the "shareholder".

A company may have many contributing shareholders, but not all of them know how to run the company.

At this time, it is necessary to elect some directors to formulate the company's business direction and take the helm for the company's progress.

The "director" is the person who makes decisions elected by the shareholders, which is commonly known as the "director".

The eldest of the directors, the "chairman", is called the "representative director".

And when decisions are made, someone needs to put those decisions into practice.

The "president" is the person who is in charge of various administrative matters and carries out the decisions.

To put it bluntly, it is the role of following the decisions of the directors and directing the employees to complete the tasks.

However, in the company, the relationship between the two positions of "representative director" and "president" is similar and different...

The "representative director" is the representative of the company in law.

The "president", in terms of duties, is the highest commander in work affairs.

In other words, the representative director is legally responsible for the operation of the company, and he is the representative of the company. When he registered with the government, he was stamped, and when the stock price plummeted, he was held accountable, and when there was any problem in the company's operation, he was the first to be found.

The representative director has greater responsibilities and natural power than the society.

And the president, in essence, was just invited to work.

It doesn't mean anything in law, and the board of directors can fire the president if they feel that he is not managing him well.

It's like the world fired Kenji Kitano...

But as long as he is still in the position of president for a day, the power held by this position is still not small.

After all, it can direct the execution of almost all specific affairs within the company.

However, in order to be efficient, the company assigns the president and the president to the same person.

After all, it is most convenient to have the person who has the best grasp of the company's current situation to be the company's representative.

And the SMEJ where Kiyoshi Sakamoto is located is such a situation

Naoki Kitagawa, who is the representative director of Sony Music, also serves as the president, which means that the decision-making and execution are all decided by him, which is simply a combination of power!

It is no wonder that after taking office, the entire Sony Music has gradually become his hall.

People have both shareholders as backers, and the support of his employees, coupled with the brilliant achievements in recent years, he is not in power, who is in power?!

Therefore, if Kiyoshi Sakamoto wants to become a director of SMEJ, he must get the nod and support of Naoki Kitagawa if he wants to become a director of SMEJ.

Otherwise, even if he is the major shareholder of SMEJ, and even the proportion of shares is more than that of Naoki Kitagawa, he may not be able to get the real power of SMEJ.

And today, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is to get the support of Naoki Kitagawa and visit in person!

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January 24th.

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Kitagawa house.

"Ahh

"Long time no see, ma'am. ”

After bowing slightly, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was smiling, stepped into Kitagawa's house under the warm welcome of Mrs. Kitagawa.

Coming to the meeting room, the boss of SMEJ, director and president Naoki Kitagawa, was sitting on the sofa with Jiro's legs crossed, reading today's newspaper.

Seeing that the visitor was Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Naoki Kitagawa saw that his eyes hidden under the gold-wire glasses flashed sharply, and immediately became kind.

"Yo! Isn't this Sakamoto-kun?!" Naoki Kitagawa, who put the newspaper in his hand on the table and stood up, beckoned Sakamoto Kiyoshi to come over, "Come on, come and sit." ”

"Excuse me... ”

The obedient Sakamoto Kiyoshi bowed slightly, walked to the sofa on the side, and sat down.

"Wife, serve tea to the guests. ”

"Okay. ”

After agreeing, Mrs. Kitagawa smiled and went to the kitchen to prepare refreshments, leaving only Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Naoki Kitagawa in the living room. . .

Looking at Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting precariously, Naoki Kitagawa was in his heart, but he speculated about the purpose of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's sudden visit.

As the representative director of Sony Music, although he knows that the recent changes in SMEJ's shares are carried out very frequently in private, many shareholders have secretly sold their SMEJ shares to a company called TOP Investment.

Behind this, there seems to be a mysterious mastermind behind the scenes, manipulating all this!

The company called TOP Investment, he had never heard of it...

However, he could never have imagined that the mysterious force that had acquired many shares was the company under Kiyoshi Sakamoto sitting in front of him!

Therefore, for Sakamoto Kiyoshi's sudden visit, Naoki Kitagawa was full of doubts, and he also asked out loud first.

"So, Sakamoto-kun, you come here today, yes... ”

"Kitagawa San!"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto put his hands on his thighs and said with a serious face.

"Today, I came here to confess something to you. ”

Confess?

In Kitagawa Naoki's mind, a big question mark appeared.

"Come to think of it, you should also know that many small shareholders of the company have recently sold their shares. ”

"Sold to a company called TOP Investment... ”

Naoki Kitagawa is not stupid.

On the contrary, the big man who can be at the helm of an entertainment company as big as Sony Music is terrifyingly shrewd.

When Kiyoshi Sakamoto said this, a secret that only the company's top management knew, Naoki Kitagawa already vaguely felt what Kiyoshi Sakamoto was talking about.

"Could it be ... ”

However, he still tried to keep his face from showing a stunned expression.

However, the next sentence that Sakamoto Kiyoshi said was like a bombshell, which blew him up all at once...

"Actually, that TOP investment is my company!"